Week Ten in Review

The Huntsville Havoc took two-of-three games over the weekend with wins over the Pee Dee Cyclones and Richmond Renegades and a loss to the Knoxville Ice Bears

Thursday, December 28 - Pee Dee 5, Huntsville 7

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - The Huntsville Havoc scored four goals in the third period rallying from a 5-3 deficit to defeat the Pee Dee Cyclones 7-5 Thursday night in front of 4,244 fans.

The Cyclones scored three goals by Edan Welch, Drew Mareiros and Geoff Rollins in the span of :36 seconds in the first period to take a 3-0 lead. Martin Kubaliak responded two minutes later to cut the lead to 3-1.

Chris Crombie pushed the lead back to three with a goal just 3:16 into the second period. The Havoc would slice the lead to 4-3 on the first career goal for Justin Schmit with 9:51 left and a goal by Dan Buccella with 5:57 left.

Pee Dee again pushed the lead to two goals when Welch scored on the powerplay with :44 left in the second.

Tim Hockley cut the lead to 5-4 when he scored his first career goal with 16:36 left. Tristan Senior then scored back-to-back goals with 11:21 and 2:07 left. Kelly Miller scored an empty net with :20 left.

Matt Carmichael struggled to start the game but made several key saves down the stretch to seal the win.

Friday, December 29 -Huntsville 2, Knoxville 11

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Kevin Swider scored three goals and recorded two assists as the Huntsville Havoc fell 11-2 to the Knoxville Ice Bears Friday night.

The Havoc took a 2-0 lead on powerplay goals by Mike O'Sullivan and Trevor Karasiewicz before Knoxville scored 11 unanswered goals, including seven the final period.

Nick Niedert made the start and stopped 50 of the 61 the Ice Bears attempted. Knoxville finished 5-11 on the powerplay while Huntsville was 2-7. There were 128 penalty minutes including eight majors for fighting.